commodorejohn wrote:What a very strange thing to say. Is she wrong for being svelte and blond? Should she pack on a few pounds and dye her hair in deference to other people's issues with unrelated advertising/media-industry biases?

The woman brave enough to expose herself (pun so totally intentional) to thousands, possibly missions of strangers has little to fear in terms of body shaming. Even then she hides her face, undercutting her message considering the many of the sexualized parts of a person are on on the front of the body.

That being said, I will admit that the comment on bulimia was tangential at best.

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According to her latest on Instagram, the news story is not entirely accurate. Of course, that didn't stop her from using her Twitter feed to promote the story and encourage people to retweet it.

Just above that the relevant bit, see where she mentions a Snapchat? And while she's saying "nothing sexual or pornographic" she's also offering a subscription to see her full nudity pics and videos as well.

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CorruptUser wrote:That's hardly unique to Japan. Escorts used to pretend to be girlfriends/wives of people all the time.

Yes, but those are usually one-offs. This seems to be a more permanent fictional life.

Jose

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A man's police interrogation in Kansas, Missouri was ended prematurely after he began answering questions by farting, according to local reports.

Sean Sykes Jnr is facing federal gun and drug charges after being pulled over twice by police in Kansas City. He was initially released in September, but taken back into custody this month.

Explosive new details have now emerged of Mr Sykes's original interview in September that was brought to an abrupt end.

According to the Kansas City Star newspaper, a detective's report said Mr Sykes "leaned to one side of his chair and released a loud fart" when asked for his address by police while being interviewed in September.

"Mr Sykes continued to be flatulent and I ended the interview," the detective wrote after recovering.

No charges were filed at the time after Mr Sykes denied knowledge of the items, but the 24-year-old was pulled over again this month. He was charged with stolen firearm offences and possession with intent to sell cocaine.

Hey everyone!I'm reading now the book of Terry's non-fiction and just stuck with one phrase (the last one). Have no idea what he's talking about. Maybe you could help me?It's from 'Advice to the Booksellers':

Some shops like to put the author near the doors. This is a problem on winter tours — I've frozen before now, so try to put the table out of the worst of the icy blast. Shops in malls sometimes get the author to sign out in the mall. This is probably fine for a 'media' author or an author who can definitely draw a big queue, but it's hell on wheels for the rest. Besides, it's always too noisy and you get a Greek chorus of Uzis - the little old ladies who stand around glaring at the luckless author and muttering 'Uzi? Uzi den? Izeeonnatelly? Uzi?’

(It's a video news item, if that affects your choice of whether to 'read' it on your current, possibly-metered, connection. And only the woman in it gave any actual 'reason' why, so don't expect too much of an insight.)

(It's a video news item, if that affects your choice of whether to 'read' it on your current, possibly-metered, connection. And only the woman in it gave any actual 'reason' why, so don't expect too much of an insight.)

Do you mind actually explaining what this is about?

heuristically_alone wrote:I want to write a DnD campaign and play it by myself and DM it myself.

heuristically_alone wrote:I have been informed that this is called writing a book.

Hit by the automated URL trans-truncation, alas. I had thought that the "why-do-people-still-think-the-earth-is-flat" bit would cover the main explanatory bit sufficiently (though, as I noted in the appendment, it does slightly oversell itself) to not attract such a colourful response of moderatory misgivings.

Was also tempted to do the "…people came from all round the world…" joke, but then I hear that dedicated Round Earthers can also be found at all four corners of the Earth, so…

(Lest I further dissect the frog, needless to say that it tickled me, and hoped it'd tickle others.)

On Thursday the US Department of Defense accidentally retweeted a tweet calling for Donald Trump to resign as US president.

The original tweet which also called for two other US politicians to step down following sexual harassment allegations was tweeted from an account belonging to @ProudResister, an anti-Trump activist.

It said: "The solution is simple. Roy Moore: Step down from the race. Al Franken: Resign from congress, Donald Trump: Resign from the presidency. GOP: Stop making sexual assault a partisan issue. It's a crime as is your hypocrisy."

The Pentagon's main account retweeted the message to its 5.2 million followers before quickly deleting it.

It holds nuclear missile codes, it's in charge of the security of the United States, and its ultimate boss, the US president, is a prolific tweeter. But when it comes to handling its own Twitter account, the Pentagon could do with improving its skills.

Skills?We seem like such a bunch of bumbling idiots.We so easily turn on one another. sigh...

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from article wrote:"The Federal Aviation Administration, a government agency that regulates US airspace, told local TV station KREM 2 that the manoeuvre did not appear to pose a safety risk and they 'cannot police morality'."

I have heard this before, and it really gets on my nerves. Any justification of any law ultimately rests on morality.

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jewish_scientist wrote:I have heard this before, and it really gets on my nerves. Any justification of any law ultimately rests on morality.

But it's certainly not the FAA's place to judge said morality. They are in charge of aviation safety. They said this had no safety implications and thus they're not the authority to make any other judgements on it.

The Navy certainly can discipline their pilots for inappropriate behavior, but it's not a legal thing.

from article wrote:"The Federal Aviation Administration, a government agency that regulates US airspace, told local TV station KREM 2 that the manoeuvre did not appear to pose a safety risk and they 'cannot police morality'."

I have heard this before, and it really gets on my nerves. Any justification of any law ultimately rests on morality.

Another thing that gets on my nerves is this widespread claim: that incidents of juvenile penis-worship and "fraternity-syle hi-jinks" in the military (which sometimes escalate into sexual hazing and outright sexual assault of innocent bystanders, while officers look the other way--anyone else here old enough to remember the 1991 Tailhook scandal?) are a time-honored part of the macho and misogynistic "warrior culture."

Should society just accept the uglier sides of "warrior culture" as the price of having an army, navy, etc.? After all, rape has been a very well-documented part of military action for millennia. I can't deny that.

I also can't condone it. And I don't understand how expecting some level of professionalism and self-control from the military will somehow render these men and women less able to do their jobs like professionals.

I realize that some people will think I'm committing a slippery slope fallacy, but the track record really does show that fraternity-style hi-jinks in the military often go too far when the leadership winks or looks the other way. So no, the military leadership should not wink or look the other way. The response shouldn't be out of proportion, but is this sort of conduct befitting an officer and a gentleman? Really?

[Edited to say: I do see why it's not the FAA's bailiwick. But the military's? Definitely.]

jewish_scientist wrote:I have heard this before, and it really gets on my nerves. Any justification of any law ultimately rests on morality.

That's a noble ideal and all, but not the way the world works. Even if we agree on what is moral, e.g. guns drugs prostitution abortion, laws are always about what the lawmakers decide, not what's right. In a democracy, it's supposed to be the will of the people, or what the public wants, not necessarily what the public actually thinks is moral, and that's the optimistic view. In a dictatorship? You don't need to obey the laws, but you don't need to keep all your bodyparts either.

Chen wrote:They said this had no safety implications and thus they're not the authority to make any other judgements on it.

It appears to have been an 'unprotected' penis. Surely there are implications in that. e.g. skyborne STDs and pregnancies, depending on whatever other contrail formations happened to be floating around...

So, we should probably be pumping the jerk of a pilot with the penetrating question of if he's a ring leader, subbing for another or just been playing at it alone in making a rod for his own back. It'll be hard to rise to the challenge. Hard on everyone! And would it even stand up if brought to the stand in court, under pressure of a stiff penalty, or flop?